Ekin Cheng
| Ekin Cheng | |
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Cheng at the Beautiful Day Concert 2011
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 鄭伊健 |
| Chinese name | 鄭伊健 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 郑伊健 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Zhèng yījiàn (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Zeng6 Ji1-gin6 (Cantonese) |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born |
4 October 1967 Hong Kong |
| Other name(s) | Cheng Yee-Kin Dior Cheng Noodle Cheng (鄭伊麵) |
| Occupation | Singer actor |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop |
| Instrument(s) | Singing |
| Label(s) |
BMG (1991–2001, 2004–2005) EEG (2001–2004) BMA Records (2005–2009) Sony BMG (2009–present) |
| Years active | 1986–present (acting) 1992–present (singing) |
| Spouse(s) | Yoyo Mung (28 January 2013) |
| Partner(s) | Luisa Maria Leitão Maggie Siu Gigi Leung (1999 to 2006) Yoyo Mung (Current) |
| Ancestry | Enping, Guangdong, China |
| Website | hk |
Ekin Cheng is a Hong Kong actor and Cantopop singer. Early in his career, he used the name Dior as a first name (because that was what it sounded like when his younger sister tried to call him 二哥 in Cantonese). He has also been referred to as Noodle Cheng, (鄭伊麵) after a popular noodle product with a similar name and his wavy long hair. Currently Ekin is the name used.
Cheng began acting in commercials when he was in high school, the most well-known being for Hi-C Lemon Tea. After high school, he enrolled in TVB's Martial Arts school, but did not like it and switched to their acting school. After that he began to get a number of TV roles. The latest TVB series he participated in was Always Ready, working with Charmaine Sheh, Bowie Lam and Linda Chung.
His first film was Girls Without Tomorrow 1992 (1992) and at the time he was still called by the name Dior Cheng. He changed his name to "Ekin" before his break-out role in the Young and Dangerous series as Chan Ho-nam. The film was first meant to glorify the triad life, but after about the third film, the story focused more on the characters and explored the truth about the Hong Kong triads. It became so popular that it launched Cheng and co-star Jordan Chan to superstar status. And because of its incredible success, it is said to have made many youngsters at that time fond of the triad life, thus making teens throughout Asia join the triads. It also started a trend for triad films around that time and is considered to be a classic. The film led to six sequels, all starring Cheng, and a lucrative working partnership with director Andrew Lau. Together they went on to make The Storm Riders, which was the highest-grossing Hong Kong movie at the time and the first film to use a truly large number of special effects. They also worked together on The Legend of Speed, a film about a street racer who would follow his father's footsteps of becoming a racing god, A Man Called Hero a movie adaption of the famous comic, about a martial arts master in America The Duel starring Cheng, Andy Lau, and a few other famous stars, and the comedy Women From Mars. In 2001, he acted in a movie titled Born to be King. This is the last instalment of a triad movie series Young & Dangerous.
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